MERC rally statistics
Previous rally winners (178)
| 1. | Mohammed Ben Sulayem (UAE) | 60 |
| 2. | Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QA) | 48 |
| 3. | Saeed Al-Hajri (QA) | 11 |
| 4. | Roger Feghali (RL) | 10 |
| 5. | Khalid Al-Qassimi (UAE) | 7 |
| 6. | Andreas Tsouloftas (CY) | 4 |
| 7. | Abdullah Bakhashab (KSA) | 3 |
| 7. | Bjorn Waldegard (S) | 3 |
| 7. | Jean-Pierre Nasrallah (RL) | 3 |
| 7. | Yazeed Al-Rajhi (KSA) | 3 |
| 11. | Suhail bin Maktoum (UAE) | 2 |
| 11. | Khalifa Al-Mutaiwi (UAE) | 2 |
| 11. | Michel Saleh (RL) | 2 |
| 14. | 20 drivers have won one round of the MERC:
Charalambous Thimotheou (CY), Amjad Farrah (HKJ), Andreas Peratikos (CY),
Chris Thomas (CY), Samir Ghanem (RL), Abdullah Al-Qassimi (UAE), Abbas
Al-Motaiwi (QA), Nasser Khalifa Al-Attiyah (QA), Hamed Bin Eid Al-Thani
(QA), Maurice 'Bagheera' Senaoui (RL), Tony Georgiou (RL), Alex Fiorio (I),
Piero Liatti (I), Russell Brookes (GB), Alain Oreille (F), Nizar Shanfari
(OM), Nicos Thomas (CY), Rashid Al-Ketbi (UAE), Khalid Al-Suwaidi (QA) and Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari (QA). |
MILESTONE WINNERS
- 1st winner - Qatar 1984 - Saeed Al-Hajri (QA)
- 50th winner - Jordan 1994 - Mohammed Ben Sulayem (UAE)
- 100th winner - Lebanon 2002 - Jean-Pierre Nasrallah (RL)
- 150th winner - Kuwait 2009 - Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QA)
Chris Thomas and Nicos Thomas are the only father and son team to win a
round of the MERC.
CO-DRIVERS (not including candidate events)
| 1. | Ronan Morgan (IRL) | 40 |
| 2. | Chris Patterson (GB) | 24 |
| 3. | John Spiller (GB) | 19 |
| 3. | Giovanni Bernacchini (I) | 19 |
| 5. | Khaled Zakaria (HKJ) | 7 |
| 6. | Nabil Njeim (RL) | 5 |
| 6. | Steve Lancaster (GB) | 5 |
| 6. | Nick Beech (GB) | 5 |
| 7. | Hassan Ali Bin Shadoor (UAE) | 4 |
| 7. | Savvas Laos (CY) | 4 |
| 11. | Fred Gallagher (GB) | 3 |
| 11. | Michael Orr (GB) | 3 |
| 11. | Matthieu Baumel (F) | 3 |
| 11. | Joseph Matar (RL) | 3 |
| 15. | Mubarak Al-Hajri (QA) | 2 |
| 15. | Khalid Malik (UAE) | 2 |
| 15. | Benny Smyth (IRL) | 2 |
| 15. | Tom Steele (GB) | 2 |
| 15. | Bobby Willis (GB) | 2 |
| 15. | Solve Andreasson (S) | 2 |
| 15. | Ziad Chehab (RL) | 2 |
| 21. | 20 co-drivers have won one round of the MERC:
Steve Bond (GB), Mike Corner (GB), Tina Thörner (S), Tony Samia (RL), John Daniels (GB), Abdullah Al-Marri (QA), Philip Mills (GB), Pambos Laos (CY), Stuart Fleming (ZA), Mike Broad (GB), Nikitas Satvrinou (CY), Joseph Ghabril (RL), Naji Stephan (RL), Jean-Marc Andrié (F), Vitoria Brambila (I), Pierre Asmar (RL), Carlo Cassina (I), Yousif Bassil (RL), Khalid Al-Kendi (UAE) and Nasser Al-Kuwari (QA). |